Tethered ball game



April 24, 1962 w, E. BoNANG TETHERED BALL GAME 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Jan. so, 1981 M mm W w I w w Hmmm .E .W .mw f m w W w April 24, 1962 w. E. BoNANG TETHERED BALL GAME 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Jan. 30, 1961 United States Patent 3,031,192 TETHERED BALL GAME William Edward Bonang, 139 Sydney St., Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada Filed Jan. 30, 1961, Ser. No. 85,794 4 Claims. (Cl. 273-98) The invention relates to a ball game toy.

Many games and toys are played with balls. In many such games a resilient rubber ball is elastically connected directly to a rigid wooden handle.

By the present invention there is provided a ball game toy comprising a ball, a handle attached to said ball, a further ball, and means for elastically connecting said further ball to said first ball.

In practice, both hereinbefore mentioned balls are made of resilient rubbery material, such as sponge rubber. Also, in practice, the further ball is smaller than the first ball, and the large ball is used as the striker element.

In the drawings which illustrate embodiments of the invention- FIG. 1 is an elevation, partly in section, of one embodiment of the invention,

FIGS. 2-7 are elevation views of other embodments of the invention, 'and FIG. 8 is a view showing the operation of the present invention.

As seen in FIG. l, the .present invention includes a striker 10 and a ball 11 adapted to 'be stricken.

The striker 10 comprises a resilient ball 12, usually of sponge rubber to which is attached a hand grip 13. The hand grip is attached by means of a wire handle 14 which fits into diametrically opposed holes 15 in the Sponge rubber ball 12. The handle may be of one piece of wire passing completely through the hand grip (as shown) or it may consist of two separate pieces of wires passing through the extremities of the hand grip.

The ball `adapted to be stricken is shown at 16 and it, too, is preferably formed of Sponge rubber. It is provided with a hole bored therethrough, through which an elastic rubber strip 18 is adapted to pass. The elastic rubber strip .18 is prevented from re-emerging from the hole 18 by means of knot 20. The other end of the elastic rubber strip 18 is attached to the Striker, by means of knot 21 onto handle 1'4.

This provides a ball game toy comprising a striker (which is formed of 'a sponge rubber ball and a handle) and a sponge rubber ball adapted to be striken, and means resiliently connecting the striker to the ball.

The embodiment shown in FIG. 2 differs from that shown in FIG. 1l only in the manner in which the elastic rubber strip is attached to the striker. As shown, the elastic rubber strip '18 passes through a hole 19 drilled through the Sponge rubber ball 12, and is prevented from re-emerging by means of knot 24.

The embodiment shown in FIG. 3 differs from that shown in lFlG. 1 only in the manner in which the elastic rubber strip is attached to the ball being stricken. As shown, the elastic rubber strip 18 is attached to the sponge rubber ball 16 by means of staple 22.

The embodiment shown in FIG. 4 is a modfication of the embodiment shown in FIG. 3, wherein the elastic rubber strip is attached to the Striker in a diflerent manner. As shown, the elastic rubber strip 18 is attached to the Sponge rubber ball 16 by staple 22 and to the Sponge rubber ball 12 by staple 23.

The embodiments shown in FIGS; 5 and 6 illustrate a different manner of forming the striker. As shown in FIG. S, the striker is formed by attaching a hand grip 13 directly to the Sponge rubber ball 12 by means of connector 25. The elastic rubber strip is then connected to the sponge rubber ball 12 by means of staple 23.

The embodiment shown in FIG. 6 dilfers from that shown in FIG. 5 in respect of the manner of resiliently connecting the ball ladapted to be stricken to the striker. As shown, the elastic rubber strip 18 is connected to the Sponge rubber ball 12 by staple 23, and to the Sponge rubber ball 16 by the staple 22.

The embodiment shown in FIG. 7 represents still another form of embodiment concerning which many variants are possible. But the embodiment as shown has the elastic rubber strip 18 pass through hole 17 in sponge rubber ball 16 and retained in position by knot 20, and it also has the elastic rubber strip pass through the hole 19 in sponge rubber ball 12 and retained in position by knot 24. The handle, instead of being diametrically opposite to the part of the Sponge rubber ball 12 which is adapted to be contacted by the sponge rubber ball 16, now is situated at right angles to the hole 19 passing through sponge rubber ball x12.

Numerous other variants of this invention are, of course, possible.

In BIG. 8 is seen one practical embodiment of this invention, the Striker comprises a hand grip 13 and a handle attached to a large sponge rubber ball on which is preferably shown an illustration of a baseball player. The ball adapted to be stricken is a small Sponge rubber ball 16 having indicia thereon indicative of a baseball.

I claim:

1. A ball game toy comprising a striker, said Striker including a resilient ball and an inelastic hand grip directly attached thereto, a further resilient ball, and resilient and elastic means for attaching said further ball to said striker.

2. A ball game toy comprising a Striker, said Striker including a sponge rubber ball and an inelastic hand grip directly attached thereto, a further Sponge rubber ball, and an elastic rubber strip for attaching said further ball to said striker.

3. A ball game toy comprising a striker, said striker including a Sponge rubber ball, a rigid inelastic hollow cylindrical hand grip and a handle passing through said hollow hand grip, directly attaching said hand grip to said ball, 'a further sponge rubber ball smaller than the aforesaid sponge rubber ball and an elastic rubber band fixed to said further sponge rubber ball and fixed to said handle, thereby resiliently and elastically connecting said further sponge rubber ball to said striker.

4. A ball game toy comprising a striker, said striker including a Sponge rubber ball, a rigid inelastic hollow cylindrical hand grip, and a handle passing through said hollow hand grip, directly attaching said hand grip to said ball, a further sponge rubber ball smaller than the first mentioned Sponge rubber ball, and an elastic rubber band passing through a hole in said further sponge rubber ball and fixed to said handle, thereby resiliently and elastically connecting said further Sponge rubber ball to said striker.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 729,473 Wilson May 26, 1903 2,848,236 Gibson Aug. 19, 1958 FOREIGN PATENTS 774,181 France Sept. 17, 1934 UNITED sTATEs PATENT OFFICE CERTIFICLATE OF CORRECTION Patent NO. 3,031, 192 April 24, 1962 William Edward Bonang It 18 hereby certified that error appears in the above numbered patent requiring oorrection and that the said Letters Patent should read as corrected below.

O In the heading to the printed specification, after line 5I lnsert Claims pri ority, application Canada Dec. 29, 1960 Signed and sealed this 11thday of September 1962.

(SEAL) Attest:

ERNEST w. swIDER DAVID L- LADD Attesting Officer Commissioner of Patcnts 

